(en) Chile, Statement of Libertarian Students Front of Iquiq in support of Mejillones dockworkers (ca)[machine translation]

Date
Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:43:34 +0300

Faced with the paralyzing the Mejillones port workers, solidarity and action of most of
the country dockworkers joined in Port Union of Chile, as Libertarian Students
Front-Section Iquique, we stated: ---- In the last week, we have witnessed a clear example
of struggle and solidarity from Chile dockworkers. Given this, and students committed to
the interests of all the exploited, we can not be oblivious to the struggle they are
giving dockworkers Mejillones, which require minimum rest and sustenance in power.
Specifically, their demands have translated into half time snack, a casino to develop that
activity, and while the work is constructed, a $ 4,000 per shift to allow them to afford
lunch after a heavy day's work. They demand an improvement in communications with the
company UltraPort, which is known for its hegemony in the port sector in the north and its
repeated failures and violations of labor rights established.

Given these facts, and given the limited media coverage by the mainstream media, we
express our full support to the port of Mejillones peers and the rest of the country, who
through a concrete expression of class unionism, have achieved reduce legal obstacles set
by the Labor Plan José Piñera in Dictatorship, and that, to this day, remain in place
through the consent of the political class in general.

In turn, we can not ignore the great gesture of solidarity that are giving the port of
Iquique companions, who have paralyzed the port as a whole. In this regard, strongly
sympathize with the gesture given by fellow port city and urge all students committed to
the interests of the oppressed, to support this exemplary struggle. At the same time, we
extend the call to all the people of Chile, that by following the steps taken in recent
years, still has a long way to go in the arduous task of unifying our class, with this
situation, a clear opportunity to strengthen linkages between different sectors in struggle.